Aurora Borealis
Another in the series of Kaleidoscope quilts. The photograph truly does not do this quilt justice. I was laying the blocks out on the living room floor, trying to decide on a "set-together" color, when Hairy-Legger #1 (by 15 minutes) Mark wandered by for a quick weekend visit while he was in college here at NMSU. "OOOHHH," he said. I explained that I was looking for a set-together. Mark (who had showed NO interest in my quilting for over 3 years) agreed that the black I had planned made it dull. And so, he just marched himself into my bedroom, raided my stash, and came up with the PERFECT bright-navy -- and then set about re-arranging the blocks so they washed together just right, and then grabbed up the scraps from cutting the triangles off, and designed the border.

Mark started college at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, and has seen the Northern Lights. He mentioned them as we spent that fun afternoon together. A good friend and fellow retreater insisted on hand-quilting this one -- it was Mark's (not Mark and Tammy's -- they got other, community, presents) wedding present.



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